School's Out!!!

Well, it's official... Madison and Gabrielle are out of school for the year. I can't believe that Madison will be in 5th grade and Gabrielle in 1st. Time is moving too quickly. They are so grown up already!!! This shot was taken after they got off the bus on their last day (they are posing with their pet gerbil, Pepper). Another big part of news from our neck of the woods is that I went in last week to take my "off probation" checkride. You are not part of the union until you have been with the company for a year. Up until that point, you are on your own and under the magnifying glass if they want to keep you or not. Needless to say, it is a relief to have passed my checkride and to be moving past that milepost. Now I need to hang in there and not do anything completely stupid for a few more weeks until my one year anniversary with SWA on June 13th. I can't believe it has almost been a year already. Time flies when you are having fun. I can't wait to officially be part of the SW pilot union, and almost as important, I can't wait to be done with my probationary salary and moving up to 2nd year pay. The girls are tired of eating nothing but ramen noodles...